Living in the USA

Talking about politics, thinking about the Left. Hosted by Jon Wiener, co-author of "Set the Night

Episodes

Total: 414

On Strike: An Actors strike looms as the Writers in LA and New York enter the sixth week of their st

Biden's debt limit deal has left progressives unhappy--Harold Meyerson says it's the best we could h

The Minnesota legislature has passed a sweeping pro-worker labor bill that will require paid sick da

Workers won union recognition is some significant places in the past week.  Harold Meyerson rep

The latest polls indicate voters think Biden is too old. Should the Democrats nominate someone else

At midnight on Monday, 11,500 Writers' Guild of America writers went on strike seeking a new film an

Tucker Carlson's audience, 3.5 million, is a lot smaller than his pioneering predecessors in right-w

Fox News created a frankenstein - and the story isn't over yet: Harold Meyerson comments on the Domi

The latest move by a Republican judge to ban the abortion drug Mefipristone is likely to turn out mo

Progressive Brandon Johnson won the Chicago mayoral election: Harold Meyerson explains how he did it

Last week's 3-day strike in LA by public school custodians, food service workers, teachers' aides an

Harold Meyerson comments on the fed, the banks, and the billionaires; also, the coming indictment of

Harold Meyerson reports on the Democrats who supported reducing regulation of mid-sized banks like

Kamala Harris is not a popular figure in American politics, and the vice presidential candidate for

Israel’s new far-right government, headed, again, by Benjamin Netanyahu, is working to undermine dem

Harold Meyerson says American Jewish organizations haven't said much about the recent attacks by the

"The 1619 Project" miniseries on Hulu sets a new standard for documentaries about Black life and his

Joe Biden's State of the Union – where shouts and jeers from the wild and crazy Republicans seemed t

House Republicans are refusing to raise the debt limit, threatening that the US will default on its

Every Republican voted against the clean energy tax credits that made up the bulk of the Inflation R